Jammu & Kashmir Population - Census India 2011

Jammu & Kashmir is one of state in India with population of 1,25,41,302. There are 22 districts, 82 Tehsils, 6,553 villages and 132 towns in Jammu & Kashmir.

As per the Census India 2011, Jammu & Kashmir has 21,19,718 households, population of 1,25,41,302 of which 66,40,662 are males and 59,00,640 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 20,18,905 which is 16.1% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Jammu & Kashmir state is around 889 compared to 943 which is national average of India. The literacy rate of Jammu & Kashmir state is 56.35% out of which 64.22% males are literate and 47.5% females are literate. The total area of Jammu & Kashmir is 2,22,236 sq.km with population density of 124 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 72.62% of population lives in Urban area and 27.38% lives in Rural area. There are 7.38% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 11.91% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Jammu & Kashmir.

Jammu & Kashmir Religion Population

Description

Population

Percentage

Total

1,25,41,302

100%

Muslim

85,67,485

68.31%

Hindu

35,66,674

28.44%

Sikh

2,34,848

1.87%

Buddhist

1,12,584

0.9%

Christian

35,631

0.28%

Religion not stated

20,082

0.16%

Jain

2,490

0.02%

Other religions and persuasions

1,508

0.01%

Jammu & Kashmir Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area